Quotes about thinking
thinking interesting privacy
Privacy is something I have come to respect. I think when I was younger I wanted to tell everybody everything, because I thought I was so damn interesting. Then I heard the snoring. David Duchovny
thinking ice foxes
If Fox Mulder discovered that Larry Sanders was a clone? I think he would stab him . . . but it wouldn't be with an ice pick. David Duchovny
thinking like-me persons
Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?' David Duchovny
thinking umpires two
Chemistry is really about two people who like to act together, I think. It's like tennis in the most cliched way. It's like if you hit the ball, they hit the ball back, and they don't hit it into the stands, and they don't put the ball in their pocket and walk off - and they don't argue with the umpire, you know? David Duchovny
thinking fbi-agents dollars
I think Mulder is the worst FBI agent in the world. He spends millions of dollars investigating these paranormal phenomena and never comes up with any evidence. He's the Kenneth Starr of the FBI. David Duchovny
thinking broadway tvs
I don't think of myself as a TV actor. I think of myself as a film, television and Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway actor. David Duchovny
thinking years interesting
It's almost obscene when you see people who haven't matured, who haven't changed, who don't have the weight of years on them. So that's interesting to me - to think about playing him into the future, anew. David Duchovny
thinking ideas people
Every time Mulder smiles, people say, 'God, it was great to see you smile. Mulder never smiles.' I say, 'Mulder smiles a whole lot. He smiles at least once a show.' People get these ideas in their heads and they're impossible to shake. But, to be honest with you, Mulder is every bit as vulnerable and quirky as Ally McBeal. I think Mulder has pretty good legs, too. David Duchovny
thinking compromise sin
Oh, how precious is time! And how guilty it makes me feel when I think I have trifled away and misimproved it, or neglected to fill up each part of it with duty to the utmost of my ability and capacity David Brainerd
thinking weary
I am more weary of life, I think, than ever I was. David Brainerd
thinking grace looks
Once more, never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace. David Brainerd
thinking errors ego
Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error. David Brin
thinking self civilization
In historical fact, all of history's despots, combined, never managed to get things done as well as this rambunctious, self-critical civilization of free and sovereign citizens, who have finally broken free of worshipping a ruling class and begun thinking for themselves. Democracy can seem frustrating and messy at times, but it delivers. David Brin
thinking campaigns campaign-finance
I think the presidency is a bad way to measure the effective campaign finance, because in the presidency, there is so much publicity, there's so much money floating around. David Brooks
thinking small-numbers talking
No matter where you are on politics, I think it is wonderful to see candidates funding campaigns not by talking to a very small number of very rich people, but by reaching out to a very large number of citizens. David Brooks
thinking israel states
I don't think the Palestinians are in this position they're in, divided with Hamas and the P.A., unwilling to allow - or recognize Israel as a Jewish state. David Brooks
thinking law people
I don't think history will ever be a science because history will never be reduced to law-like behavior. People are to unpredictable. David Brooks
thinking isis should
I think that it's an arguable position, whether with Hamas and ISIS around, whether there should be a Palestinian state, but it's a defensible position, given the current circumstances. David Brooks
thinking clinton blair
I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles. David Brooks
thinking optimism leader
I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan or Jack Kennedy, brought to it a sense of optimism and possibility. David Brooks
thinking trying get-better
I do think trying to live each day as a bunch of moral occasions, did I live up to what I would hope, and, if I didn't, what can I do tomorrow to be a little better, I do think we can improve. We get better at life as we get older. David Brooks
thinking impossible persons
It's impossible for one person to think of everything. David Brooks
thinking two people
I think there are two basic approaches you can use for campaign finance. One is complete openness, everybody knows absolutely everything, but no limits. But you let people decide.The other is just have a national public system. David Brooks
thinking law office
It's just a lot safer to be an incumbent. So I think they have used the campaign finance reforms. They have passed laws that will help themselves stay in office. And I think that's one of the flaws that we do have in the system. David Brooks
thinking anxiety economic
I do think economic and social anxiety is the number one issue. And I'm pretty confident Hillary Clinton will be really riding that train pretty hard. David Brooks
thinking republican
I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to be the Republican major figure in four, six or even within two years. David Brooks
thinking
I think Mitch Daniels, the former governor of Indiana was a case of that, who was an outstanding administrator. David Brooks
thinking clinton
I really think of [Donald] Trump erratic. I think that was the big message that came out. The positive agenda for Hillary [Clinton] was a little less vibrant. David Brooks
thinking self people
I've come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks. David Brooks
thinking people screens
I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen. Arnold Schwarzenegger
thinking unfinished walks
I don't walk away from things that I think are unfinished. Arnold Schwarzenegger
thinking california more-money
Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in. Arnold Schwarzenegger
thinking giving people
What I'm doing is the thing I want to do. I don't care what other people think. I still will be a bodybuilder. I love it. I love the feeling in my muscles, I love the competition, and I love the things it gives me. Arnold Schwarzenegger